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[Wittsend]

A new month, I know it's difficult under lockdown, but there are still plenty of photo opportunities out there...

[Domeheadrivet]

Schwarzenberg for a soft lockdown solo hike.
Stay healthy everyone.

[Arthur07]

Arthur with his elder mate Ernest

[gcc130]

Not a contender for PoM as not taken this year, but couldn’t help noticing similarities, especially series one reg’s.

[genocache]

I just finished painting and putting the T-rex together. It is a metal puzzle I got from a neighbor.

[Wittsend]

^^^^

I think there's photo missing 

Probably it's too large.
Email it to me if you are having trouble posting it up.
You can practice in the forum test area.



 

[Gres]

Small........far away. Lockdown adjustments to the Shaun the Sheep Lamb Rover.

[genocache]

TJ's pic was there yesterday, IIRC it was a topless 88 with a flag on a pole in the tub.

[Calum]

First trip up to the workshop since lockdown. Lovely this time of year up through the woods.

[34058]

Following on from Wittsend's initial photo:  setting the injector pump timing on my engine rebuild.

David.

[Wittsend]

How did you do that ?

Do you have the special timing tool or another method


 

[34058]

How did you do that ?

Do you have the special timing tool or another method


 

I am following the directions in the Workshop Manual, part 1.  (Manual is Part number 606407)
Section/Operation A2-17: distributor pump timing procedures.  I am looking at Fig. A2-55.  Early type distributor pumps.  My pump has the straight edged circlip.

I won't know if it works for a while yet!  The engine has been out of action for about 10 years, so the pump may be gummed up.  I recently refitted a rebuilt engine into my old Peugeot.  The engine had been out of action for about 5 years and the injection pump, which is a newer version of this CAV DPA pump, would not pump any high pressure fuel.  Something inside had gummed up.  A second hand pump from a breakers worked straight away, so investigation of the cause is on hold.


Newer Land Rover CAV DPA pumps have timing marks on the outside of the body, and there is a tool to help set up the pump timing.  I don't have this tool and unfortunately it would not help me even if I did.

David.

[genocache]

With limited experience, my understanding is that the internal timing was more to do with amount of fuel injected by changing the injection duration(this takes care of setting for altitude). The external timing was to do with syncronizing the injector pump to the camshaft for efficient combustion, equivalent to setting the points gap. 

[34058]

Your understanding is probably better than mine!  I'm just following what I read in the workshop manual.  Then I will hope for the best.

I did speak to Philip Bashall about this yesterday.  He said just set the pump in the mid position and then adjust it by ear once the engine is running.  He also said that with luck it will be possible to move the pump enough without having to slacken the high pressure pipes.  If that works I would then slacken the pipe nuts and relighted them to remove any twist/tension from them.  I did have a pipe fracture at the injector on a 6 cylinder Bedford that I drove in the 1980s.  I think it broke because it had a slight twist tension on it.

David.

[Gibbo103]

Went to start the dormobile after not being able to get to it for the last eight weeks, but it has become a home from home for some Norfolk wild life! Will have to wait till chicks have fledged.